altruistic

WOTD – 22 December 2009    

English

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Etymology

See altruism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/
• (US) IPA: /ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/, /ˌɑl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/

Adjective

altruistic (comparative more altruistic, superlative most altruistic)

1. Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

   His helping the old woman with her shopping was deemed highly altruistic by everyone, especially since her home was a mile away.

Synonyms

• (regardful of others): beneficent, humane, philanthropic, selfless, unselfish

Antonyms

• (regardful of others): egoistic, misanthropic, selfish

Derived terms

• altruistic filicide
• altruistically

Related terms

• altruism
• altruist

Translations

regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

• Armenian: ալտրուիստական (hy) (altruistakan), այլասիրական (hy) (aylasirakan)
• Asturian: altruísta (ast)
• Catalan: altruista (ca)
• Czech: altruistický (cs)
• Danish: altruistisk (da), uegennyttig (da)
• Dutch: altruïstisch (nl)
• Esperanto: altruisma (eo)
• Finnish: altruistinen (fi), epäitsekäs (fi), pyyteetön (fi)
• French: altruiste (fr) m and f, désintéressé (fr)
• Galician: altruísta (gl)
• German: altruistisch (de)
• Hungarian: altruista (hu), altruisztikus (hu)

• Italian: altruista (it) m and f, altruistico (it) m
• Norwegian: altruistisk (no)
• Polish: bezinteresowny (pl) m, altruistyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: altruísta (pt)
• Romanian: altruist (ro), generos (ro)
• Russian: альтруистический (ru) (alʹtruistíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алтруистичан (sh)

  Roman: altruističan (sh)

• Spanish: altruista (es)
• Swedish: altruistisk (sv)